Animated illustration by Emily Parsons
“Creative Turns” is a new series about the unexpected paths that bring individuals to embrace a creative profession. It’s never too late to apply your experiences in a seemingly disparate field to your new career. As an educational analyst-turned-copywriter and comedian, Mic Nguyen is a model example of this idea.
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“There is so much heart, pain, and joy that the artists go through to create these records; we owe it to them to deliver a pure expression that holds up to what they have spent years agonizing over. Being able to translate what they hear in their heads to what they see on the cover is such an incredible undertaking, and results in a lot of our favorite work.”
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WNW Member Alexis Taieb (AKA Tyrsa) is a Paris-based Typographer who has worked with clients including Nike, Jordan, Drew League, Criterion, Timberland, and Donald Glover. In our interview, we discuss his recurring collaboration with Donald Glover, from “This Is America” to Guava Island, and also touch on how graffiti has influenced his typographic work and why he’s excited to return to the Us By Night festival this year (and the next ten.)
Read MoreFederico Munichor and Joaquin Lynch Garay teamed up over a decade ago, and in that time have traveled from their roots in Buenos Aires to Shanghai on to New York and most recently to Los Angeles. They discuss why collaboration comes easy, which campaigns make them proudest, the ways in which each creative market is distinct, and how their creative approach is shaped by these stops on their creative journey.
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A full-time Recruitment Manager at the Mill’s New York office shares insights into the projects and culture of The Mill, how her hiring process evolves with the company’s expanded capabilities and breadth of work, and what she looks for in new talent for freelance and full-time roles.
Read MoreWe caught up with WNW Member Markus Magnusson, a motion designer and illustrator who has worked with top clients like Google, ESPN, YouTube, and Dropbox, to discuss his favorite projects, industry struggles, the future of motion, and his new full-time creative career as an animation instructor on Patreon.
Read MoreThis recurring WNW Magazine feature will introduce you to creatives on our Membership Board. It will celebrate their work and give them the mic to offer advice on how to elevate your own WNW profile.
Read MoreWork With is a new video series that introduces you to the creatives behind the work. Here, we visit legendary photographer Frank Ockenfels 3, who has spent nearly three decades shooting musicians, celebrities, and everyday people.
Read MoreWe dive into the details and discuss topics specific to motion, like the importance of sound in enhancing their work, whether a showreel is still a necessity for motion creatives, and how artificial intelligence will impact their craft and careers.
Read MoreWe’re excited to be partnering with Us By Night for the second consecutive year. The Antwerp-based design festival has already announced some of the lineup for this September’s festival, which has created a significant amount of hype 5 months out. We caught up with two speakers on the lineup, Ada Sokol and Alice Isaac, to discuss their creative approaches, favorite projects, advice for creatives, and why they’re excited to take part in Us By Night this year.
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Book Design by Anna Kasnyik
“Junior creatives in the fledgling stages of their careers are reading about the economic impact of the industry, overseeing global campaigns, changing the world through 360 campaigns, but not how to write the ad for the brief in front of them. This book is written by somebody who is definitely still in it and still figuring it out.”
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Date Paper is a new quarterly publication that curates primal dishes in service of your health and the health of the planet. “The First Date” launches today, on Earth Day, with 100% of the proceeds for this first issue donated to Farmworker Justice.
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The art director & lead designer at Scooter Braun’s SB Projects talsk about different approaches working on Ariana Grande’s past albums versus her latest, thank u, next, and what her primary goal is in visualizing the singular message of an artist’s music.
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Illustration by BarsRsind
Now that I’m a freelancer, I find myself back [to] learning how to best communicate with editors, anticipate their needs, and generally try to read their minds. So I invited four editors to tell me everything there is to know about their jobs in the hopes of demystifying it for myself, and for freelancers everywhere.
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All Photography by Flora Maclean
We stopped by the shared London studio space of artists Sara Andreasson, Alice Hartley, Annu Kilpeläinen, Hattie Stewart, & Lynnie Z to get a glimpse into the daily grind of creativity for five incredibly distinctive and talented professionals. They sat down with us to discuss the nature of their typical conversations, why being around each other on a daily basis keeps them productive, stimulated, and sane, how they navigate digital spaces and social media, and what their personal and collective dream projects would be.
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All Photography by Flora Maclean
The two London-based illustrators and studio mates were more than game to interview each other in their brightly lit studio. The result is equal parts insightful and hilarious. Here’s Seb interrogating Josh with some hard-hitting and eye-opening questions.
Read MoreAs we focus in on the past, we hear why a dozen illustrators pursued illustration in the first place, how they got started in a professional capacity, and with which project they first found their voice.
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As we focus in on the present, we hear how the day-to-day of an illustrator unfolds, tricks of the trade for optimizing their output, when a piece feels finished, and whether they support their illustration practice with work in other disciplines.
Read MoreAs we focus in on the future, the illustrators share what their dream projects would be, what steps they’re taking to get there, and what they want to see more of from the creative industry in 2019.
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